Succession amnesties fail to find favor with Japanese public
China Daily | Updated: 2019-10-18 07:51
EMPEROR NARUHITO will officially take over the throne from his father Emperor Akihito in a ceremony to be held next week. The Beijing News comments:
Although the emperor is only a national symbol and does not have real power, representatives of 190 countries and regions, including Vice-President Wang Qishan, will attend Prince Naruhito's coronation ceremony as emperor of Japan on Wednesday.
It is Emperor Naruhito's official enthronement after he succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, a day after his father stepped down, having abdicated.
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